Clinton R. Hayward Jr., 78, of South China, Maine died peacefully on May 2, 2021 with his family at his side after a brief illness at Togus VA Medical Center, Augusta. He was the loving husband of…

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) will meet online on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. 

Preregistration is required for non-voting members to receive access. Register at…

Adams Pond and Knickerbocker Lake are the Boothbay Region’s sole public water sources. We know that what happens in Adams Pond and Knickerbocker Lake watersheds – all the land surrounding the…

Robert T. Marshall, 88, of Southport Island, Maine, formerly of Yarmouth, Maine, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2021.

Robert grew up in Portland, the son of John and Evelyne Marshall. He…

For the second time this spring the Boothbay Region Food Pantry will sponsor a free Community Food Distribution for all. The give-away will take place on Saturday, May 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 10, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

St. Andrews Auxiliary will be celebrating April’s National Volunteer Week with an All-Member May Party on May 19 at the American Legion Hall Post 36 in Boothbay. Speaker will be AnniPat McKenney,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 9, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Friday, May 7, residents of Southport were asked to vote on future bonding “not to exceed $2,480,000.00,” to fund a town-owned fiber-optic system that would allow…

Boothbay Harbor voters passed the entire 22-article warrant at the May 8 annual town meeting, raising the budget 1.26% and adopting three code changes. Moderator Melissa Whitt announced the…

Con artists are trying to take advantage of the millions of Americans who have received their COVID-19 vaccines by sending fake surveys asking about their experience. These emails…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 8, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 8, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 795.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

Boothbay Harbor elected two new selectmen and six other town officers kept their seats May 7. Alyssa Allen won the one-year term special election for selectman over Devyn Campbell, 190-103 and 14…

The Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund wants to remind all continuing vocational, college and graduate students that applications for 2022 must be submitted by June 1. Anyone planning to return to…

AUGUSTA — Senator Chloe Maxmin, D-Nobleboro, introduced a bill this week to improve Maine’s laws regarding spending by political action committees.

LD 1621, “An Act To Reform Payments to…

The restoration of the Ernestina-Morrissey, the future Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) training vessel, is coming down the homestretch at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, according to Bristol…

In Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission’s five-year plan, broadband, housing and intergenerational community building were three of the six primary goals. Executive Director Mary Ellen…

With three vacancies, Lincoln County Communications found itself between a rock and hard a place in maintaining a fully staffed work schedule. To alleviate the staff shortage, Teamsters Local 340…

Florence Pène-Rosenberg died peacefully on May 7, 2021 at 1 a.m. in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, surrounded and supported by her three children. ` .

Born in August 1931 to French parents in…

Sherman Field at Boothbay Region High School will take on two new activities in June as school administrators are planning to hold the traditional Grand March and graduation exercises for the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 7, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 7, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 794.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

Midcoast Conservancy and co-sponsor Strong-Hancock Funeral Home will host an online panel discussion of Green Burial and Conservation Cemeteries on Thursday, June 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Green…

Terrance John Quinn, 76, passed away May 4, 2021 after a battle with cancer. He was a resident of Merrimack, New Hampshire and Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  

Terry was born…

James and Rebecca (Hary) Gardner are both graduates of Rockland District High School. They first met at a dance at the Community Building. They were married at Owls Head Baptist Church on June…

BOOTHBAY—A sign war trending all over Maine is bringing some laughter and lightheartedness with dueling messages between businesses.

Michael Lee, an agent of State Farm based in Waterville…

A memorial service for Mary Lee Brown of Boothbay Harbor, who died Jan. 10, 2020, will be he held Saturday, June 12 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Atlantic Avenue, Boothbay…

Rhoda Ackerson Weyr, a long-time Boothbay resident and community activist, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She was 83 and had developed complications after a fall.…

It’s an ongoing struggle for Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett to attract and retain deputies. Brackett explained his hiring dilemma to county commissioners May 3 as one where he has had two to…

Lincoln County’s positive COVID-19 tests and positivity rates were at the highest weekly count of the pandemic as of last week reported LincolnHealth’s John Martins April 4. From April 26 to May 2…

Boothbay Harbor voters face a 1.26% budget increase and three code changes in a 22-article warrant at the May 8 annual town meeting. The meeting comes after town officer elections May 7 which will…

Davis Island residents were notified last week when a proposed two-tiered Wiscasset Water District rate increase would occur. And on May 3, Superintendent Chris Cossette explained why. Cossette…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 6, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 793.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 6, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, in partnership with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Somerset County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD),…

The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will be hosting a tour of the recent harvest operation at Dodge Point in Newcastle at noon on Tuesday, May 11.…

Sandra Lee Brown, 75, of Boothbay Harbor passed away at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick on May 1, 2021.

She was born in Boothbay Harbor to Richard Curtis and Myrtle Reed. She graduated from…

Update: Wiscasset Police Department reports Pekich was found safe on May 6.

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AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, May 5, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 791.  

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, May 5, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest…

A full fiber optic build-out in Boothbay Harbor will cost about $4.1 million, Lincolnville Communications (LCI) Director of Sales and Marketing Alan Hinsey said May 3. Hinsey and LCI Vice…

For the past four years, Julie Browne’s Edgecomb Eddy School science class has kept a date to harvest kelp in East Boothbay. Browne’s class has participated in Boothbay Sea and Science Center’s “…

Florence Levasseur King, 99, a resident of Boothbay, formerly of Fairfield, died peacefully on April 20, 2021, at Mid Coast Senior Health Center in Brunswick.

She was born on Aug. 21, 1921…

Ronald Arthur “Ron” Bazinet, 71, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away on May 2, 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island after a brief illness.

He was the son…

Rochelle Rose Warren, 23, of Amy Circle, Dresden passed away unexpectedly on April 29, 2021.

She was born in Brunswick on Sept. 2, 1997, a daughter of Elmer E and Heidi L (Pottle) Warren.…

Michael Brock Stanton, 75, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 23, 2021.

Brock was born in Bath, Maine, the son of Harold Stanton and…

Boothbay overwhelming approved all 35 articles May 3 on the town meeting referendum ballot. Voters approved  $2,232,190 in municipal spending which represents a 1.88%…

With COVID-19 closures and safeguards in place over the past year, one of the few activities everyone could continuously enjoy was a visit to Boothbay Region Land Trust’s preserves. As a result,…

As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset Alewife Count. The first alewives were seen entering Nequasset…